Xbox One must (confirmed) be connected every 24 hours, or every hour if not yours
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Microsoft have posted some articles on their blog clarifying some stuff about the Xbox One.
Key among them confirmation that your console must check in every 24 hours, however if you go to a friends house this is then amplified to every hour...
http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/connected
Key among them confirmation that your console must check in every 24 hours, however if you go to a friends house this is then amplified to every hour...
http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/connected
With Xbox One you can game offline for up to 24 hours on your primary console, or one hour if you are logged on to a separate console accessing your library. Offline gaming is not possible after these prescribed times until you re-establish a connection, but you can still watch live TV and enjoy Blu-ray and DVD movies.
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I was thinking of getting one but not any more.
But good to know I can watch live TV! :rolleyes:
Sod it, think I'll just get a PS4 instead. Haven't really liked anything I've heard about the Xbox One so far.
Riiiiight, now go and read all the another announcements they have just made, like the second hand games bit (expect price-fixing) among a few issues.
Why do I need to be online if the game is already on the disc?
What if I want to bring my console and stay over a relatives house who don't have internet?
At least we could play our games offline.
The game completely installs on the HDD. You can then throw the disc away! But if you sell the game the content will be deactivated from your account.
Don't have Internet? Then tough luck is MSFT's answer.
Then your ****ed.
Microsoft, as always, are idiots.
They have the best OS in W7, they follow it up with Windows 8.
They have a strong console with the xbox360, and they follow it up with this garbage.
I'm not surprised they have all these exclusivity deals to try and compensate for the terrible hardware and it's features.
Publishers pushed for this. I know you want Sony to be the White Knight and take a stand for consumer rights but you can only push those publishers so far.
What if Xbox servers go down or get taken down.
Then you're screwed. You can't play any online or offline games at all. Also what happens when people stop playing your favourite game and then MS close down the servers. That's it. That game is dead for ever.
So yes, this affects everyone. People who say they don't care because it won't affect them haven't considered this fully. It will affect them.
I'm commenting on the subject of this thread, not others. So perhaps you should go read the opening post again.
They could update it to remove the restriction before pulling the plug.
But I'm not defending it, its a rubbish policy to start with.
24 hour Internet check isn't set in stone and ms have said it could change depending on real world practicality and towards the end of the generation they could lift the internet requirement. I personally think the online check could go to 7 days within and year or so.
Exactly it's the publishers that have been pushing for this. This system isn't there to put a full stop to second hand games it mostly to stop piracy. Sony hasn't shown their hand yet but they will have something similar. I think people are getting hysterical about a system that realistically won't affect them.
I have allways blocked WGA but so far at work.
1 PC knocked out due to false negative.
Another knocked out as Window update took out MS WGA servers, while it was WGAing.